From 69db777d22e46d290b3d3c574a15159fec7fcfee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:16:41 -0300 Subject: your majesty artist's lyrics + times --- album/your-majesty.yaml | 843 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- static-page/changelog.yaml | 1 + 2 files changed, 840 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/album/your-majesty.yaml b/album/your-majesty.yaml index 5aaa0d64..0c6fcf83 100644 --- a/album/your-majesty.yaml +++ b/album/your-majesty.yaml @@ -128,6 +128,75 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/6d8GxzSAmlAXdphXMSoGgB - https://music.apple.com/album/julia-verne/1757139886?i=1757139887 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/julia-verne)) + + Long ago we used to lie + Beneath the summer evening sky + The moon and mars and all the stars + Were in our eyes + + You made a wish and it came true + But what it was I never knew + Until one night I saw your light + Was up there too + + Julia Verne - she’s on a journey to the stars + Leaving behind these worldly binds + For something new + + Julia Verne - will you return to mend these scars? + I’ve got to hope, my telescope’s + Always on you, on you + + I found the note beside the bed + The strangest thing I’ve ever read + “I’ve got to go, that’s all I know” + Was all it said + + So off it went, a loaded gun + To shoot you right around the sun + Are you insane? I can’t explain + The things you’ve done + + Julia Verne - she’s on a journey to the stars + Leaving behind these worldly binds + For something new + + Julia Verne - will you return to mend these scars? + I’ve got to hope, my telescope’s + Always on you, on you + On you + + How many nights and days + Since last we parted ways + It must be hard to count them out in space + Lay down your landing gear + You know I’m still right here + Forever wondering why you disappeared + + But if I could I’d take a ride + Across the great cosmic divide + And maybe then I’d once again + Be at your side + + For if it’s true that what you’ve found + Way out there where there is no sound + Is worth it all, I’ll never fall + Back to the ground + + Julia Verne - she’s on a journey to the stars + Leaving behind these worldly binds + For something new + + Julia Verne - will you return to mend these scars? + I’ve got to hope, my telescope’s + Always on you, on you + On you, on you + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:00-2:03)* + Long ago we used to lie Beneath the summer evening sky The moon and mars and all the stars @@ -161,6 +230,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Always on you, on you On you + *(2:03-2:30)* + How many nights and days Since last we parted ways It must be hard to count them out in space @@ -168,6 +239,8 @@ Lyrics: |- You know I'm still right here (Ooh, la la la la) Forever wondering why you disappeared (Ooh-ooh-ooh) + *(2:30-3:36)* + But if I could I'd take a ride Across the great cosmic divide And maybe then I'd once again @@ -196,6 +269,76 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/19xl0O3ujAfT3362KrLWY9 - https://music.apple.com/album/vampire-state/1757139886?i=1757139888 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/vampire-state)) + + Come one, come all to the midnight ball + There’s trouble brewing in the banquet hall + Take a leap through the line and you’ll be just fine + I’ve seen your face all over the unwanted signs + + Have a toast to your host who’s got the least + He’s secretly something of an awful beast + With a bulletproof plan for the also-rans + And an awful lot of time upon his idle hands + + Everybody’s going on about the end of the world + In fact they seem a little excited + It’s a party and your pity’s invited + Dinner and dessert provided + + Vampire State - home to all the miscreated + Where nightmares are related and dreams annihilated + Vampire State - pierce the moonlight with your steeple + We’re not your kind of people anymore + + Slow down, look around, take in all the sounds + Your cup ranneth over ‘til it nearly drowned + Take a few small sips, leave a few tall tips + And you can keep on dancing when the record skips + + Don’t you try to sneak out of any exit routes + ‘Cause the scent that you’re dispensing is a sense of doubt + If you show off your back, you’re just an easy snack + You must impress upon them that you’re always on attack + + Everybody keeps talking while their mouths are full + But you know every word they’re saying + And you get the feeling you’ll be staying + It’s an urge you can’t resist obeying + + Vampire State - where the jawline meets the collar + It’s a real hoot & holler of opulence and squalor + Vampire State - rising over the horizon + You'll wish that you’d been wise enough to run + + High on that heathen tower, clock strikes the midnight hour + Down from the belfry comes a cloud of wings + Kaleidoscope of teeth and shadows underneath + Eclipsing all these wretched things + + But at the end of the night, if your cards are right + You might get out of there with only just a couple of bites + Keep your sleeves rolled down when you reach the ground + And no one else will have to know when you get back to town + + Everybody looks different in the light of the day + At the masquerade’s adjourning + But when the midnight oil is burning + You know that you will be returning + + Vampire State - climb the hundred-story talon + A crimson Irwin Allen exploding by the gallon + Vampire State - calling all the anti-saviors + Be on your worst behavior at the + Vampire State - dreaded fang as high as mountains + An oozing scarlet fountain a billion served and counting + Vampire State - where the wounds are freshly severed + You’ll wish that you had never heard its name + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:00-1:44)* + Come one, come all to the midnight ball There's trouble brewing in the banquet hall Take a leap through the line and you'll be just fine @@ -234,11 +377,15 @@ Lyrics: |- Vampire State - rising over the horizon You'll wish that you'd been wise enough to run + *(1:44-2:05)* + High on that heathen tower (Oh), clock strikes the midnight hour (Oh) Down from the belfry comes a cloud of wings (Cloud of wings) Kaleidoscope of teeth and shadows underneath Eclipsing all these wretched things (Oh, oh) + *(2:05-3:07)* + But at the end of the night, if your cards are right You might get out of there with only just a couple of bites Keep your sleeves rolled down when you reach the ground @@ -268,6 +415,96 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/6m4d4NjMpT06vye30DCsw5 - https://music.apple.com/album/hermit-of-the-half-moon-rock/1757139886?i=1757140099 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/hermit-of-the-half-moon-rock)) + + He stood on the top of the hill + He said "This isn't a drill - I'm gone" + "I'm headed up to the dome" + + He put his life on his back + And headed out at the crack of dawn + To make himself right at home + + Out where the river shimmers in the night + And the stars speak words if you listen to them right + The crazy little creatures hidden out of sight + They come out and talk + To the Hermit of the Half Moon Rock + + It's him and the hawk + Hauling up the vertical walk + Of the Half Moon Rock + Why don't you give him a knock? + Follow the trail of chalk + Up the Half Moon Rock + Up the Half Moon Rock + Up the Half Moon Rock + The Hermit of the Half Moon Rock + + He sewed the leaves in his dress + And if it was hot even less he wore + And sometimes nothing at all + The hawk was all that he had + And if he was lonely or sad, he'd roar + And echo through the canyon walls + + And the mountain lion came running to the sound + While the whole hog herd would gather all around + The comfortable bugs all living in the ground + Would raise a few stalks + For the Hermit of the Half Moon Rock + + It's him and the hawk + Hauling up the vertical walk + Of the Half Moon Rock + Why don't you give him a knock? + Follow the trail of chalk + Up the Half Moon Rock + Up the Half Moon Rock + Up the Half Moon Rock + The Hermit of the Half Moon Rock + + He's got the ink on his hands + The beetles lend him a gland + For the testament he scrawls inside his cave + + He carves it out with a tooth + He's on a mission for truth + In a world he does not know if he can save + + And he thinks he might be leaving + But he isn't ready yet + 'Cause under every stone is a spirit to be met + Oh yeah + + And when he'd finally rest + There with the hawk in his nest, he'd pause + And think about who he was + + Out in the world all alone + His life completely his own, his laws + Only written in the things he does + + But if the buffalo bunch could stand the monsoon + And the choir of crickets could learn to sing in tune + Could the prince of the primates rise pretty soon + And find his own flock? + Oh the Hermit of the Half Moon Rock + + It's him and the hawk + Hauling up the vertical walk + Of the Half Moon Rock + Why don't you give him a knock? + Follow the trail of chalk + Up the Half Moon Rock + Up the Half Moon Rock + Up the Half Moon Rock + The Hermit of the Half Moon Rock + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:00-2:06)* + He stood on the top of the hill He said "This isn't a drill - I'm gone" "I'm headed up to the dome" @@ -312,6 +549,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Up the Half Moon Rock The Hermit of the Half Moon Rock + *(2:06-2:42)* + He's got the ink on his hands (ah-ah-ah) The beetles lend him a gland For the testament he scrawls inside his cave @@ -326,6 +565,8 @@ Lyrics: |- 'Cause under every stone there's a spirit to be met Oh yeah + *(2:42-3:44)* + And when he'd finally rest There with the hawk in his nest, he'd pause And think about who he was @@ -358,6 +599,42 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/6rAxSqrahsnWhdE4ppKet8 - https://music.apple.com/album/oracle/1757139886?i=1757140100 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/oracle)) + + Oracle awaken + Tell me where to go + The course of life has taken + Everything I know + + Show me a tomorrow + Free from all the sorrow + I will beg and borrow + Anything it takes to make it so + + Oracle astound me + Tell me what's to come + The world all around me + Leaves my body numb + + Show me a horizon + I can fix my eyes on + Destiny, it lies on + Distant shores beyond where I came from + + Oracle imbue me + Purpose for my soul + Something's running through me + I cannot control + + Read the constellations + Share your observations + I could conquer nations + If you'd only show me, oracle + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:00-0:49)* + Oracle awaken Tell me where to go The course of life has taken @@ -367,6 +644,8 @@ Lyrics: |- I will beg and borrow Anything it takes to make it so + *(0:49-1:32)* + Oracle astound me Tell me what's to come The world all around me @@ -376,6 +655,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Destiny, it lies on Distant shores beyond where I came from + *(2:23-3:11)* + Oracle imbue me Purpose for my soul Something's running through me @@ -395,6 +676,50 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/1y8sbfAuVLfMojBJp2izIg - https://music.apple.com/album/breakers-of-dawn/1757139886?i=1757140101 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/breakers-of-dawn)) + + Dawn calls to you + Rakes its ragged claws across the eastern sky + Day bursting through + All at once you're certain of the reason why + + The night and its terrible kingdom has finally gone + The nail of the crimson horizon has fallen upon + The breakers of dawn + The breakers of dawn + + Steel razors climb + Scatter 'cross the borderlines of no-man's-land + Cruel winds of time + Move the mounds of sacred grounds and shifting sands + + Where vultures and vipers lay waste to the lives of our spawn + Look to the few and the crazed who ride vengefully on + The breakers of dawn + The breakers of dawn + + They cannot be made, they can only be born + Proclaiming tomorrow has come with their horn + A power far greater than any could ever control + + I know you have felt it for all of your days + The white-hot injection of turbulent rays + Which penetrates down to the depths of your undying soul + + Now turn the wheel + See yourself as seeing eye and as the seen + Break off the seal + Re-engage the light from where it's always been + + From fringes where faces of heroes and villains are drawn + We're graced to awake in a world which embraces their brawn + The breakers of dawn + The breakers of dawn + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:06-0:59)* + Dawn calls to you Rakes its ragged claws across the eastern sky Day bursting through @@ -405,6 +730,8 @@ Lyrics: |- The breakers of dawn The breakers of dawn + *(1:07-2:00)* + Steel razors climb Scatter 'cross the borderlines of no man's land Cruel winds of time @@ -415,6 +742,8 @@ Lyrics: |- The breakers of dawn The breakers of dawn + *(2:00-2:28)* + They cannot be made, they can only be born Proclaiming tomorrow has come with their horn A power far greater than any could ever control @@ -422,6 +751,8 @@ Lyrics: |- The white-hot injection of turbulent rays Which penetrates down to the depths of your undying soul + *(2:35-3:29)* + Now turn the wheel See yourself as seeing eye and as the seen Break off the seal @@ -442,13 +773,71 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/5RQXeDG8PMymcypC7LIkeM - https://music.apple.com/album/your-majesty/1757139886?i=1757140102 Lyrics: |- - Every corner of the city's lined with shadows + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/your-majesty)) + + Every corner of the city’s lined with shadows Every stranger in the street averts their eyes All the people locked away behind the windows - They're all waiting for a hero to arise + They’re all waiting for a hero to arise + All the men remember days when they were stronger Every woman hides a dagger in her gown - But you won't cover up your faces any longer + But you won’t cover up your faces any longer + On the day when I come riding into town + + So put a light on in your window, put your face against the glass + Don’t you know that I’m your hero? Won’t you whistle when I pass? + I’ll move a mountain if you just rely on me + I’ll be the one you want to call “Your Majesty” + + Every year it comes with trials and tribulations + And all the answers are revealed to next to none + But I recall a time of grand imaginations + Long before you learned to say “it can’t be done” + + There is a storm to come that none alone can weather + But if you’d like to learn I’ll gladly show you how + And in the days ahead we all will band together + For your liberator walks among you now + + So raise a banner from the tower when you open up the gate + Don’t you know this is your hour? I have come to bear the weight + I swear I’ll set your body and your spirit free + I’ll be the one you want to call “Your Majesty” + + Now is the reckoning of wretches and the meek + For the champion that you seek is at your door + I’ll rectify a world of impotence and rage + And not only for an age but evermore + + In times of trouble we are torn in all directions + You may be dazzled by the roads you travel down + Do not beleaguer in the burden of selection + You’ll be lighter when you learn to lay your crown + + I’ve heard the wailing of your city in the distance + I know the strain you must endure to still believe + But I could steer a steady course with your assistance + Toward the things that only power can achieve + + So now awaken from your slumber, wipe the worry from your brow + Don’t know I’ve got your number? Can’t you hear me calling now? + I’ll make you one with wonders none before could see + I’ll be the one you want to call “Your Majesty” + I’ll be the one you beg to call “Your Majesty” + I’ll be the one you dare to call “Your Majesty” + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:07-1:57)* + + Every corner of the city's lined with shadows + Every stranger in the street averts their eyes + All the people locked away behind the windows + They're all waiting for a hero to arise + All the men remember days when they were stronger + Every woman hides a dagger in her gown + But you won't cover up your faces any longer On the day when I come riding into town So put a light on in your window, put your face against the glass @@ -470,11 +859,15 @@ Lyrics: |- I swear I'll set your body and your spirit free I'll be the one you want to call "Your Majesty" + *(1:57-2:16)* + Now is the reckoning of wretches and the meek For the champion that you seek is at your door I'll rectify a world of impotence and rage And not only for an age but evermore + *(2:16-3:26)* + In times of trouble we are torn in all directions You may be dazzled by the roads you travel down Do not beleaguer in the burden of selection @@ -501,6 +894,77 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/79DVfwJJvA80OKkdv7AdeU - https://music.apple.com/album/when-we-take-the-sky/1757139886?i=1757140103 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/when-we-take-the-sky)) + + There’s love in the air + And I’m taking you there tonight + So let’s hang like a key + Flying fancy and free from a kite + The morning edition and trusted magicians + Say all the conditions are right + So up we’ll be travellin’ where they’re unravellin’ + Jupiter’s javelin smite + + Climb up to the clouds + We’re the few and the proud here tonight + (Tonight, tonight, tonight) + Indulging a dream + Like the smoke and the steam taking flight + (In flight, in flight, in flight) + The evening papers can peer through the vapors + Which cover our capers from sight + (From sight, from sight, from sight) + Where static explodes from our five-finger nodes + Into plasmatic roads made of light + (Of light, of light, of light, hey!) + + What a thing to behold + We’ll be way up high + When we take the sky + + We’ve ridden the wheel + That hangs at our heels tonight + (Tonight, tonight, tonight) + There’s dozens around + Who are holding the ground very tight + (Very tight, very tight, very tight) + But cool are the cats who’ll be hanging their hats + Way up here where the bats couldn’t bite + (Couldn’t bite, couldn’t bite, couldn’t bite) + Few mortals would dare to the mischief we share + In the throes of such hair-raising frights + (Such frights, such frights, such frights) + + So widen your eyelet + ‘Cause I am the pilot tonight + (Tonight, tonight, tonight) + And all those behind + May they pay me no mind, but they might + (They might, they might, they might) + I’ve stolen away for an evening of play + And I wish I could stay at this height + (This height, this height, this height) + To linger the level where angels could revel + Or are these the devil’s delights + (Delight, delight, delight, hey!) + + What a thing to behold + We’ll be way up high + When we take the sky + + At last we’re descending + We’re reaching the ending tonight + You’re shook to your tail + And your lips are so pale, nearly white + Let’s go get some rest, it is all for the best + If the atmosphere’s guests are polite + Again we could treasure a night of such pleasure + So long as the measure is slight + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:00-1:10)* + There's love in the air And I'm taking you there tonight So let's hang like a key @@ -529,6 +993,8 @@ Lyrics: |- We'll be way up high When we take the sky + *(1:35-2:45)* + We've ridden the wheel That hangs at our heels tonight (Tonight, tonight, tonight) @@ -554,13 +1020,15 @@ Lyrics: |- And I wish I could stay at this height (This height, this height, this height) To linger the level where angels could revel - Or are these the devil's delights + Or are these the devil's delights? (Delight, delight, delight, hey) What a thing to behold We'll be way up high When we take the sky + *(3:12-3:45)* + At last we're descending We're reaching the ending tonight You're shook to your tail @@ -584,9 +1052,12 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/3HbV2xPU2bN6KgWTPLyxG1 - https://music.apple.com/album/overboard/1757139886?i=1757140104 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/overboard)) + Gentlemen, listen right now as I speak I fear that this ship of ours has sprung a leak The sea, she is coming to take us an inch at a time + It's roaring in faster than buckets can fill I fear it's a matter of minutes until From belly to mast we'll be deeper than any can climb @@ -599,6 +1070,7 @@ Lyrics: |- The gold in our coffers is weighing us down We shan't spend a cent if we're certain to drown And none can come with you at all in the life after this + So gather your treasures and cast them away And if you are swift then I hope and I pray We won't soon be up to our eyes in a watery kiss @@ -614,6 +1086,59 @@ Lyrics: |- You watch as they sink while the waters increase Just slow enough to renew life's intolerable lease + At last we arrive clinging onto the sails + And leap to the dock when it finally fails + The ship where we spent seven months as we circled the globe + + The price that we paid sure is awfully steep + Behind us the trail that shines in the deep + Could only be seen by an angler's most luminant lobe + + We came as we left now with only our lives + The glory is gone but the story survives + So what sort of life do you think we'll afford + Now we've had to throw all that we have overboard? + Yes what sort of life do you think we'll afford + Now we've had to throw all that we have overboard? + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:06-1:47)* + + Gentlemen, listen right now as I speak + I fear that this ship of ours has sprung a leak + The sea, she is coming to take us an inch at a time + It's roaring in faster than buckets can fill + I fear it's a matter of minutes until + From belly to mast we'll be deeper than any can climb + + And all of this now with the shore plain in sight + We might make it yet if the load could be light + But what sort of life do you think we'll afford + If we have to throw all that we have overboard? + + The gold in our coffers is weighing us down + We shan't spend a cent if we're certain to drown + And none can come with you at all in the life after this + So gather your treasures and cast them away + And if you are swift then I hope and I pray + We won't soon be up to our eyes in a watery kiss + + And if one among you at all hesitates + Remind them this is for the lives of their mates + But what sort of life do you think we'll afford + If we have to throw all that we have overboard? + + *(1:47-2:16)* + + See now the spoils in motion + Straight to the heart of the ocean + Down in the drink, every glimmering piece + You watch as they sink while the waters increase + Just slow enough to renew life's intolerable lease + + *(2:16-3:08)* + At last we arrive clinging onto the sails And leap to the dock when it finally fails The ship where we spent seven months as we circled the globe @@ -638,6 +1163,67 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/00yJcVssMuPIS1kR85ey3I - https://music.apple.com/album/venus-fly/1757139886?i=1757140105 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/venus-fly)) + + Little fly, don’t you die so easy + I know you only live a day + Weathered by the winds so high and breezy + Don’t you let this evening slip away + + Little legs hatch from eggs each morning + Silhouettes hardly ever change + Stomach begs the musky dregs adorning + For a taste of something new and strange + + Oh, open up your eyes + Can’t you see you’re falling for the Venus Fly? + Oh, won’t you tell me why + You keep living like you’re never gonna die? + + Little speck, don’t you wreck your wingspan + The beating of which gives to you your name + Keep in check below your neck for things can + So easily be plucked upon your frame + + Spiders crawling forest walls you’ve thwarted + You circumvent the snatch of froggy tongue + The birds who call from perches tall you’ve shorted + But on this fang you let yourself be hung? + + Oh, open up your eyes + Can’t you see you’re falling for the Venus Fly? + Oh, won’t you tell me why + You keep living like you’re never gonna die? + + Never gonna die + Don’t you know that it’s a lie? + You were only passing by for a try, another high, + Now the jaws will never pry + + "Come and play," you hear it say so sweetly + Nothing else had ever been so bold + But where you lay it's had its way discreetly + With all the rest who never grew so old + + The same disease that lures the bees to pollen + Pulls you where no free thing should involve + In the squeeze of this the tease you’ve fallen + Now to feel your body be dissolved + + Oh, open up your eyes + Can’t you see you’re falling for the Venus Fly? + Oh, won’t you tell me why + You keep living like you’re never gonna die? + + Never gonna die + Don’t you know that it’s a lie? + You were only passing by for a try, another high, + Now the jaws will never pry + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:08-0:58)* + Little fly, don't you die so easy I know you only live a day Weathered by the winds so high and breezy @@ -652,6 +1238,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Oh, won't you tell me why You keep living like you're never gonna die? + *(0:58-2:02)* + Little speck, don't you wreck your wingspan The beating of which gives to you your name Keep in check below your neck for things can @@ -670,6 +1258,8 @@ Lyrics: |- You were only passing by, for a try, another high Now the jaws will never pry + *(2:04-3:08)* + "Come and play," you hear it say so sweetly Nothing else had ever been so bold But where you lay it's had its way discreetly @@ -698,6 +1288,87 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/69YIvXKF1e0cau6feSDKwW - https://music.apple.com/album/merry-go-round/1757139886?i=1757140106 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/merry-go-round)) + + There is an ivory horse + Upon a platinum post + Down at the bumper car breaks + Of the roller coast + + Where all the riders go on + In an exotic parade + You were there long ago + While the organ played + + And although you aren't sure when + You know you will be there again + + Upon the merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + + Out of the strollers they rise + Up to the saddles they crawl + To seize the world by the reins + Standing ten feet tall + + I saw the mayor and his wife + Wearing their funny old hats + Sat in the carriage behind + With a herd of cats + + And they rose to the sound of the pipe + Which blows a peppermint stripe + + Upon the merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + + Ah + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + Ah + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + + Many a person's lost in the crowd of faces + But up on your horse you're the star of the rodeo + Many a year you'll wonder just where your place is + But when you're there in the round you're certainly bound to know + + For when the lights flicker off + And all the riders depart + They are sure to return + When the new day starts + + And though the faces have changed + It's still the same bumpy ride + You've seen it all before + And from every side + + And it calls you to climb up the stairs + Where it all still waits for you there + + Upon the merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + + Ah + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + Ah + Merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:00-1:32)* + There is an ivory horse Upon a platinum post Down at the bumper car breaks @@ -737,11 +1408,15 @@ Lyrics: |- Ah, merry-go-round (Merry-go-round) Ah, merry-go-round + *(1:32-2:01)* + Many a person's lost in the crowd of faces But up on your horse you're the star of the rodeo Many a year you'll wonder just where your place is But when you're there in the round you're certainly bound to know + *(2:01-2:56)* + For when the lights flicker off And all the riders depart They are sure to return @@ -773,6 +1448,8 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/5rmtvbed6LYQoRNcH7ErAR - https://music.apple.com/album/charity-bizarre/1757139886?i=1757140107 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/charity-bizarre)) + Oh, here it goes - they're all in rows All the madames and mademoiselles Decked to the nines and hanging signs @@ -829,6 +1506,71 @@ Lyrics: |- But you never take it far Charity Bizarre Charity Bizarre + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:05-1:32)* + + Oh, here it goes - they're all in rows + All the madames and mademoiselles + Decked to the nines and hanging signs + From the cupboards and carousels + The old bric-a-brac is out on bail + But you know as I that what's for sale + Is more than what's above the bar + + Charity Bizarre + That's all you are + You steal their hearts + But you never take it far + Charity Bizarre + + Oh, look at that - the tails and spats + They are lining around the block + A tip of the brim and you know him + He's aware what you have in stock + It's all for a very worthy cause + And last that I heard there were no laws + On doors getting left ajar + + Charity Bizarre + That's all you are + You steal their hearts + But you never take it far + Charity Bizarre + + *(1:34-2:00)* + + The wives and widows play so posh + But this is not the Sunday wash + The price is high but the talk is free + Underneath the canopy + The lines we keep so clean and clear + Are just a little jagged here + Where dollars line the lips of mason jars + + *(2:06-3:06)* + + What have we here? The auctioneer + Strikes the podium gavel down + Out goes the maid and marmalade + With the newcomer in this town + The school on the hill will lay its stone + But lest that the rest should leave alone + I'm sure that two will share a car + + Charity Bizarre + That's all you are + You steal their hearts + But you never take it far + Charity Bizarre + + Charity Bizarre + That's all you are + You steal their hearts + But you never take it far + Charity Bizarre + Charity Bizarre --- Track: Mister Mirror Duration: 5:12 @@ -840,11 +1582,96 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/1BaLM9gQ0EMvzog7sV8Rnr - https://music.apple.com/album/mister-mirror/1757139886?i=1757140108 Lyrics: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: ([artist's lyrics](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/mister-mirror)) + + I have a secret power + That lets me change my face + Every bone in my body + Is replaced + + I've been the baker with his heavy hands + I've been the soldier in a foreign land + I've been every kind of person so very many times + I'm not sure who I was when this began + + I'm a copy, I'm a clone + I have no face of my own + And the mask I wear before you + Hides a fool who's all alone + You can call me Mister Mirror + Though I might not be a man + For the life that I am living + Is forever secondhand + + Secondhand + Won't you please understand? + + Oh it's a wild transformation + To move inside another person's skin + Still I remain in isolation + For the faces never fill the space within + + But if you'd like to see it + It isn't hard to do + Just reach over here and touch me + I'll be you + + Won't you let me draw you nearer + See yourself a little clearer + In the eyes of Mister Mirror + History's greatest disappearer + + Bring to me the mouth and nose + The tensed brow, the fidget toes + The rib that aches, the heart that knows + The love and hate a lifetime chose + + I'll taste the sweet and bitter upon your tongue + I'll choke the smoke and glitter that glaze your lungs + I shall know you as no other ever has or ever will + Though I know that you could never do the same + + I'm a copy, I'm a clone + I have no face of my own + And the mask I wear before you + Hides a fool who's all alone + You can call me Mister Mirror + Though I might not be a man + For the life that I am living + Is forever secondhand + + Secondhand + Won't you please understand? + + I'm a copy, I'm a clone + I have no face of my own + And the mask I wear before you + Hides a fool who's all alone + You can call me Mister Mirror + Though I might not be a man + For the life that I am living + Is forever secondhand + + Secondhand + + So if you'd like to see it + You know what to do + Just reach over here and touch me + + Oh, won't you please just reach over here + And touch me + + [[artist:quasar-nebula|Surge & Lan]]: (wiki lyrics) + + *(0:00-0:29)* + I have a secret power That lets me change my face Every bone in my body Is replaced + *(0:29-1:29)* + I've been the baker with his heavy hands I've been the soldier in a foreign land I've been every kind of person so very many times @@ -862,11 +1689,15 @@ Lyrics: |- Secondhand Won't you please understand? + *(1:29-1:53)* + Oh it's a wild transformation To move inside another person's skin Still I remain in isolation For the faces never fill the space within + *(1:53-2:48)* + But if you'd like to see it It isn't hard to do Just reach over here and touch me @@ -881,6 +1712,8 @@ Lyrics: |- The rib that aches, the heart that knows The love and hate a lifetime chose + *(2:48-4:18)* + I'll taste the sweet and bitter upon your tongue I'll choke the smoke and glitter that glaze your lungs I shall know you as no other ever has or ever will @@ -909,6 +1742,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Secondhand + *(4:18-5:04)* + So if you'd like to see it You know what to do Just reach over here and touch me diff --git a/static-page/changelog.yaml b/static-page/changelog.yaml index 6e64f85f..cc9aa1cb 100644 --- a/static-page/changelog.yaml +++ b/static-page/changelog.yaml @@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ Content: |- - added MIDI files by HunZhen to [[track:nightlife-extended]] and [[track:jades-lullaby]] (thanks, HunZhen, Lan!) + - added artist's lyrics across [[album:your-majesty]] (thanks, Lan, Whisper!) - added artist's lyrics to [[track:i-love-hussie]] and revised wiki lyrics (thanks, MoreEpicThanYou747, Geese, Whisper!) - added in-game lyrics to [[track:oh-one-true-love]] and [[track:oh-dungeon]] (thanks, ruby!) -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5